Mintz announced today that Courtney R. Rockett has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a Member, based in the New York office. Ms. Rockett represents large corporations, private equity firms, celebrities, and others in high-stakes, civil litigation matters. She focuses her practice on complex commercial transactions, partnership disputes, securities matters, entertainment disputes, and intellectual property litigation. Prior to joining Mintz, Ms. Rockett was a partner with Boies Schiller Flexner LLP.

Ms. Rockett serves as lead strategy counsel for clients’ in their most business-critical and sensitive matters. She is an aggressive and accomplished litigator with a reputation for obtaining exceptionally favorable settlements for her clients, including after taking over and re-framing cases that have proceeded far down another path.

“We are thrilled to welcome an attorney of Courtney’s caliber to the firm,” said Bob Bodian, Managing Member of Mintz. “She is a seasoned litigator with an impressive 20-year track record guiding a diverse and substantial portfolio of clients through critical phases of complex litigation and delivering excellent results time and time again. We have been strategically building and enhancing our first-class, complex litigation practice, and adding Courtney is consistent with, and highly accretive to, that effort.”

Regularly recognized by New York Metro Super Lawyers, Ms. Rockett is the Ninth Judicial District Leader for the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section. She has worked with high-profile clients including Tory Burch LLC, Eden Rock Group, Marya Group, Empowered Model Management, Fox Paine & Company, Freestream Aircraft (Bermuda) Limited, Zurich Financial Services Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Ron Howard, John Lurie, and the late Lauren Bacall, Neil Simon and Mike Nichols.